Volvo S80 Owner's Manual page 181

Detection of pedestrians
Optimal examples of what the system regards as
pedestrians with clear body contours.
Optimal performance of the system requires
that the system function that detects pedes-
trians receives as unambiguous information
as possible about the contours of the body -
this implies the opportunity to identify the
head, arms, shoulders, legs, upper and lower
body combined with a normal human pattern
of movement.
If large parts of the body are not visible to the
camera then the system cannot detect a
pedestrian.
Collision Warning with Auto Brake & Pedestrian Protection*
•
In order for a pedestrian to be detected
he/she must appear full-length and have
a height of at least 80 cm.
•
The system cannot detect a pedestrian
carrying larger items.
•
The camera sensor's ability to see pedes-
trians at dusk and dawn is limited - just
like the human eye.
•
The camera sensor's capacity to detect
pedestrians is deactivated when driving in
darkness and tunnels - even when street-
lights are lit.
WARNING
Collision Warning with Auto Brake &
Pedestrian Detection is an assistance tool.
This function cannot detect all pedestrians
in all situations and it cannot see e.g. parti-
ally obscured pedestrians, people in cloth-
ing that hides the contours of the body or
pedestrians shorter than 80 cm.
•
The driver is always responsible that
the vehicle is driven properly and with
a safety distance adapted to the
speed.
04 Driver support
Operation
Settings are made from MY CAR via the cen-
tre console's screen and menu system. For
information on how the menu system is used,
see page 209.
Warning signals On and Off
It is possible to choose whether the acoustic
and visual warning signals of the collision
warning system should be on or off.
When starting the engine, the setting that was
selected when the engine was switched off is
obtained automatically.
NOTE
The Brake Support and Auto Brake func-
tions are always enabled - they cannot be
deactivated.
Light and acoustic signals
To deactivate the light and acoustic signals:
•
Settings Car settings
Locate
Driver support systems
Warning
- untick the box there.
The warning lamp (no. [1] in the image on
page 177) is tested each time the engine is
started by briefly lighting the separate light
points of the warning lamp if the visual and
acoustic warning of the collision warning sys-
tem is activated.
*
Option/accessory, for more information, see Introduction.
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Collision
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